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CHRISTIANA'S PILGRIMAGE 



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BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 



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CHRISTIANA'S PILGRIMAGE 



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Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress 



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DRAMATIC PERSONAGES, 



Christiana ? Pilgrims from the City of Destruction to 
Her Four Boys \ the Celestial City. 

Secret Messenger of God from Celestial City. 

Mercy Companion to Christiana. 

Gate-keeper. At Wicket Gate. 

Interpreter Master of House. 

Innocent Serving Maid. 

Great Heart Pilgrims'' Guide. 

Porter At House Beautiful. 

Prudence ^ 

Piety V Sisters at House Beautiful. 

Charity ) 

Mr. Brisk Lover of Mercy. 

G aius Landlord of Inn. 

Angel Messenger of Life. 

Shepherds. Trumpeter. 



CHRISTIANA'S PILGRIMAGE. 



S>ttnt ftt^u 

CHRISTIANA'S ROOM IN THE CITY OF DESTRUCTION. 



CHARACTERS : 

Mercy. Christiana and her Four Boys. Secret. 



Christiana. 

(Reading the Bible aloud. Knock at the door. CHRISTIANA 

opens to Secret. ) 



Secret. 
Peace be to this house! 



S^Enter. 



Christiana, knowest thou why I am come ? My name is Secret, 
and I dwell in the Celestial City. It is talked of where I dwell 
that thou desireth, like thy husband, Christian, to go on a pil- 
grimage thither. The Merciful One hath sent me to tell thee 
that he is a God ready to forgive, and he invites thee and thy 
children into his presence and to his table, that he may feed 
thee with the fat of thy Father's House. 

Here is a letter from thy husband's King. Read and know. 
The King would have thee do as did thy husband in his journey, 
and enter into his presence with joy. 

Wherefore, I advise thee get thee gone to yonder Wicket 
Gate that stands at the head of the way, and I wish thee all God 
speed. 

Put thy letter in thy bosom, and read thou therein to thyself 
and to thy children, for it is one of the songs thou must sing 
while thou art in thy pilgrimage. This also must thou deliver 
in at the further gate. Depart in peace. 

S^Exit. 



Christiana (preparing to start). 

Come, my children, let us pack up and be gone to the gate 
that leads to the Celestial City. 

\Knock, and Mercy enters. 

Mercy. 
Pray, neighbor, what is thy meaning by this ? 

Christiana. 

I am preparing to follow my good husband, whom thou 
knoweth left me to go to the Celestial City by order of the King. 
He dwelleth now with the King, and sitteth even at his table. 

The prince has also sent for me, and his messenger brought 
me a letter, which invites me to come. Wilt thou not go, too, 
and I will do thee good ? 

Mercy. 

How know I, I shall be entertained ? 

Christiana. 

Go with me to the Wicket Gate, and there I will inquire for 
thee, if thou shalt not meet with encouragement. 

Mercy. 
Then will I go with thee, and wilt take what shalt follow. 

Christiana. 
Come, let us depart. 

\Exit Christiana, the Boys, and Mercy. 



the wicket gate, 



CHARACTERS. 

Christiana and Four Boys. Mercy. Gate-keeper. 



Christiana knocks, Boys standing behind, Mercy kneeling 
far beyond. Voice within : 

Who is there ? 



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Christiana. 

Let not our Lord be offended with his handmaidens. 

We are come, I and my sweet babes, from the City of De- 
struction, and desire, if it shall please thee, to be graciously 
admitted by this gate into the way that leads to the Celestial 
City. 

Porter draws her in, saying: 

Suffer little children to come unto me. 

Christiana. 

My Lord, I have a companion of mine that stands yet without, 
that has come hither on the same account as myself, but is faint 
of heart. 

[Mercy knocks loudly. 

Keeper. 
Fear not. Stand upon thy feet, and tell me wherefore art 
thou come ? 

Mercy. 

I feared to come for that unto which I was never invited ; but 
if there is any grace and forgiveness of sins to spare, I beseech 
thee that I may be a partaker thereof. 

Keeper. 

Enter thou blessed of the Lord ; rejoice and be glad. 
O trumpeters, make a joyful noise unto the Lord, and enter 
his courts with gladness. 

[^Sounds of the trumpet and shouts of joy, when CHRISTIANA 
sings : 

" Oh ! happy day that fixed my choice," etc. 

CURTAIN FALLS. 



THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER. 

[Christiana knocks at the door. 

Young damsel, Innocent, opens and says: 

With whom would you speak, and what name shall I give to 
my Lord within ? 



Christiana. 

My name is Christiana ; and this, my companion, Mercy^ 
and my children are going on a pilgrimage, and as the night is 
far spent, we would rest here. 

Innocent calls Interpreter, who enters and says : 

Come in, thou daughter of Abraham, come in. Tidings have 
come to us before, how thou are become Pilgrims. Be seated, 
and refresh thyselves. 

What moved thee at first to take this pilgrimage, Christiana ? 

Christiana. 

First, the loss of my husband ; then a dream I had, and a 
letter sent me by the King. 

And I may tell my Lord that since we first entered on this 
way we were sorely beset; but one, *' The Relieverj"came to our 
assistance and helped us on. 

Interpreter. 
And what moved thee to come, Mercy ? 

Mercy. 

When I heard Christiana tell of her intent, I was moved to 
come with her, leaving home, father, and mother, even tho' I 
had no letter from the King. 

Interpreter. 

Thy setting out truly is good. The Lord recompense thy 
work! 

Interpreter to Innocent. 

Take these Pilgrims and have them into the garden to the 
bath, and there wash them and make them clean, and array 
them in fine linen, white and pure. 

\Exit all but INTERPRETER. 

Then is heard a voice singing : 

The Lord is only my support, 

And he that doth me feed; 
How can I then want anything 

Whereof I stand in need ? 

{^Pilgrims return clothed anew. 

Interpreter. 

Thou art fair as the moon. Great Heart come hither. 
Put on this sword and helmet, and take this shield, and con- 
duct these my daughters to the house called Beautiful. 

God speed ! [Exit all. 



THE CROSS AND SEPULCHER. 

\Enter Great Heart, Christiana, Mercy, and The 
Boys. All pause and gaze on the cross in silence. 

Christiana. 

Mr. Great Heart, can you tell us how our pardon was obtained 
by this cross? 

Great Heart. 

He that let you in at the Wicket Gate hath obtained it in this 
double way. 

He hath performed righteousness to cover you, and spilt his 
blood to wash you in, and hath more righteousness than you 
have need of, or than he needeth for himself. Your Lord came 
and stood in your place instead, and died your death for your 
transgressions, and covered your polluted and deformed souls 
with his righteousness, for the sake of which God passeth by you 
and will not hurt you when he comes to judge the world. It was 
this relief that cut the strings of your good husband's burden 
when it fell from his shoulders at the foot of the cross and was 
swallowed up in the sepulcher, and made him give three leaps 
for joy. 

Christiana sings : 

"In the Cross of Christ I glory," etc. 
curtain falls. 



ARBOR OF REST. 

[Pilgrims enter fatigued^ and sink down, 
Mercy. 

How sweet is rest to them that labor ! and how good is the 
Prince of Pilgrims to provide such resting-places after the climb 
of the "Hill Difficulty." 

Christiana. 

Come, will you eat a bit to sweeten your mouths while you sit 
here ? For I have a piece of pomegranate, a piece of honey-comb, 
and a httle bottle of spirits Mr. Interpreter put into my hand 
just as I came out of his door; and thou, Mercy, shalt be a sharer 
in all the good I have, because thou so willingly didst become 
my companion. ^They all eat. 



Great Heart. 

The day wears away. Let us prepare to be going. 

[ExU boys. 
Christiana exclaims: 

I have forgotten to take my bottle. I think this is a losing 
place. (Here Christian forgot his roll also.) Sir, what is the 
cause of this ? 

Great Heart. 

The cause is sleep or forgetfulness. Pilgrims should watch 
and remember what they have already received under their 
greatest enjoyments ; but for want of so doing, oftentimes their 
rejoicing ends in tears, and their sunshine in a cloud. 



the house beautiful. 

Characters : 

Christiana and her Boys, Mercy, Great Heart, 

Porter, Prudence, Piety, Charity, 

AND Mr. Brisk. 

[Great Heart knocks. 
Porter. 
Who is there ? 

Great Heart. 

It is I, Great Heart, and some Pilgrims. 

[Porter opens^ and invites them in. 

Great Heart. 

Now must I return to my Lord, for he commanded not that 
I should guide you further. 

Christiana. 

Oh, that we might have thy company to our journey's end ! 

Great Heart. 

Then shouldst thou have begged me of the good Lord at the 
first to have gone quite through, and he would have granted your 
request ; but, however, at present I must withdraw, and so, good 
Christiana, sweet Mercy, and my brave children, adieu. 

{Exit Great Heart. 



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Porter. 

Now must I tell the good master of the house that thou art 
come, when there will be great rejoicing in the family. 

[Exi^ Porter, lu/^en are heard sounds of joy and the 
shout of a trumpet. 

Christiana. 

I hear a noise of music, and joy for that we are come. If they 
invite us to stay awhile, let us willingly accept the proffer and 
become acquainted with Prudence, Piety, and Charity. 

{Enter the three sisters, and greet them with a kiss, 
Prudence exclaiming : 

Welcome, ye vessels of the Lord ; welcome unto us your 
friends, and be persuaded to stay awhile, and you shall have 
what the house will afford. 

[The Sisters assist to lay aside their cloaks and Tnake 
them comfortable. Mercy takes out her work and, while 
she talks with PlETY, knits. CHARITY engages the boys, 

Christiana. 

Mercy has a friend, a certain Mr. Brisk, whom we met on the 
way, and he desireth her in marriage ; for, quoth he, " She will 
make a good housewife, I warrant, for that she is always making 
hose and garments." 

What thinketh thou, dear Prudence ? 

Prudence. 

I know him to be a very busy young man, and one that pre- 
tendeth to religion, but, I fear, a stranger to the power of that 
which is good. 

Mercy. 

Then will I look no more on him, for I purpose never to have 
a clog to my soul. 

Prudence. 

There need no great matter of discouragement be given him, 
for continuing to do for the poor will quickly cool his courage. 
But, behold, here he comes, so shall we see. 

{Enter Mr. Brisk, who kneels and kisses Mercy's hand. 

Brisk. 

What, always at it ? 



lO 

Mercy. 
Yes. 

Brisk. 
What canst thou earn a day ? 

Mercy. 

I do these thingf that I may be rich in good works, laying a 
good foundation against the time to come, that I may lay hold 
on eternal life. 

Brisk. 
What doeth thou with them ? 

Mercy. 
Clothe the naked. 

Brisk. 

Oh ! thou art a pretty lass, but troubled with ill conditions^ 
and I will no more of thee ! Adieu. 

[Exit Mr. Brisk. 

Prudence. 

Did I not tell thee he would forsake thee? Yea, he will raise 
up ill reports ; for, notwithstanding his pretense to religion and 
his seeming love of thee, Mercy, I believe he and thou could not 
have agreed together in the way. 

Mercy. 

Well, if nobody will have me, I will die a maid, or my condi- 
tions shall be to me as a husband, for I cannot change my 
nature. 

[Knoc^ at the door. Prudence opens to Great Heart. 

Welcome again, thou King's servant of the Pilgrims. 

Great Heart. 

My Lord bid me return to you, and hath sent each of you a 
bottle of wine and some parched corn, together with a couple of 
pomegranates. He hath also sent the boys some figs and raisins. 
And now we ought to be starting once more upon our journey. 

[The Sisters prepare them, and they depart. Porter 
gives Christiana a golden anchor, saying : 

Thou shouldst take this with thee, for 'tis of absolute necessity 
that thou lay hold of that within the veil, and stand steadfast in 
case you should meet with turbulent weather. 



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Christiana. 

Sir, I am much obliged to you for all your kindness since I 
came hither, and I know not how to thank you. Wherefore 
accept, as a token of my respect, this small mite. 

[Gives him money. 

Porter continues : 

Let thy garments be always white, and let thy head want no 
ointment. 
Let Mercy live, and not die. 
Let not her works be few. 

[r^BOYS. 

Do you flee youthful lusts, and follow godliness ; so shall you 
put gladness into thy mother's heart, and obtain praise of all 
that are sober-minded. 

CURTAIN FALLS. 



THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION. 



CHARACTERS : 

Christiana and her Four Boys, Mercy, Great 
Heart, Shepherds. 

[Stream in background, etc. 



Great Heart. 

This is the place where Christian, thy husband, met the foul 
fiend Apollyon, and where they had that dreadful fight. But be 
of good courage ; we need not fear this valley, for there is nothing 
to hurt us unless we procure it to ourselves. 

This Valley of Humiliation is of itself as fruitful a place as 
any there is. Behold how green is everything, and how beautiful 
with lilies ! 

I have known many laboring men that have gotten goodly 
estates in this place, for God resisteth the proud, but giveth 
grace to the humble. Some have wished that the next way to 
their father's house were here, that they might be troubled no 



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more with hills or mountains. Now let Christian's slips, before 
he came hither, and the battle he met with in this place, be a 
warning lo those that come after; for it is easier going up than 
down this hill. But we will leave the good man; he is at rest; 
he had a brave victory over his enemy. Let Him that dwelleth 
above grant that when we are tried we fare no worse than he. 
Hark ! Listen to the shepherd-boy's song : 



(Voice sings) 

He that is down needs fear no fall, 

He that is low, no pride; 
He that is humble ever shall 

Have God to be his guide. 

I am content with what I have. 

Little be it or much ; 
And, Lord, contentment still I crave, 

Because thou saveth such. 



Great Heart. 

Do you hear him ? I dare say this boy lives a merrier life and 
wears more heart's ease in his bosom than he that is clad in silk 
and velvet. 

In this valley our Lord formerly had his country house ; he 
loved much to be here, and to his people that live and trace 
these grounds he has left a revenue, to be faithfully paid them 
for their further encouragement to go on in their pilgrimage. 

I have gone through this valley many a time with Pilgrims, 
and they have all confessed that the King looketh to him that is 
poor and of a contrite spirit. 

Behold, also, how here and there are yet to be seen some of 
the broken shivers of Apollyon's darts ; for when he was beaten 
he fled into the next valley, into which we shall look. See, here 
Cometh the shepherd-boys, to greet us with their flowers and 
point out to us " The Valley of the Shadow of Death." Let us 
take heed to our ways, lest we fall. 

VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH 
AND GIFT OF FLOWERS. 



TABLEAU 



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HOUSE OF GAIUS, 



[Interior of inn ; door open. Enter Pilgrims, calling : 

Gaius ! Gaius ! 

[Enter Gaius. 
Christiana. 

We are sore tired. Can we lie here this night ? 

Gaius. 

Yes, if you are true Pilgrims ; for my house is for none but 
Pilgrims. 

[ Welcomes them. 
Great Heart. 

Good Gaius, what hast thou for supper ? For these Pilgrims 
are come through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and are 
weary. 

Gaius. 

Such as we have, you shall be welcome to ; and, while supper 
is making ready, let us entertain one another with some good 
discourse. 



Content. 



All say. 



Gaius. 



I am glad to see thee, Christiana, and thy friend Mercy 
together here — a lovely couple. For, as death and the curse 
came into the world by a woman, so also did life and health. 
When the Saviour was come, women rejoiced in Him before 
either man or angel. 'Twas a woman that washed his feet, and 
a woman anointed his body to the burial. They were women 
that wept when he was going to the cross, and women that were 
first with Him at the resurrection morn ; and women brought the 
tidings to his disciples that he was risen from the dead. Women, 
therefore, are highly favored, and show by these things that they 
are sharers with us in the grace of life. 

Now let us eat and be refreshed after thy conflict. 

See, the cloth is laid, and the bread and salt set in order. 



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Christiana. 
The sight of this cloth begets in me a greater appetite. 

Gaius. 

So let all ministering doctrines beget in thee a greater desire 
to sit at the supper of the great King. 

\^A II stand, while Gaius says a silent grace. Bottle of wine 
served. 

Gaius. 

Drink freely ; this is the true juice of the vine, that makes glad 
the heard of God and man. 

l^Disk of milk served. 

Gaius. 

Let the boys have this dish of milk well crumbed, with some 
butter and honey, that they may grow thereby. 

Eat freely, for it is good to cheer up and strengthen your 
judgments and understandings. This was our Lord's dish when 
a child. ^' Butter and honey shall he eat that he may know how 
to refuse the evil and choose the good." 

{Disk of apples served. 
Christiana. 

May they eat apples ? — since they were such by and with which 
the serpent beguiled our first mother. 

Gaius. 

Forbidden fruit would make them sick, but not what our Lord 
has tolerated. 

Apples were they with which we were beguiled ; 
Yet sin, not apples, hath our souls defiled. 
Apples forbid, if ate, corrupt the blood; 
To eat such, when commanded, does us good. 

{Dish of nuts served. 
Christiana. 
Nuts spoil tender teeth, especially the teeth of children. 

Gaius. 

Hard texts are nuts (I will not call them cheaters) 
Whose shells do keep their kernels from the eaters. 
Ope' then the shells, and you shall have the meat ; 
They now are brought for you to crack and eat. 



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Great Heart. 

My good landlord, while we are cracking your nuts, if you 
please, do you open this riddle : 

A man there was, though some did count him mad, 
The more he cast away, the more he had. 

Gaius reflects^ and answers : 

He who bestows his goods upon the poor 
Shall have as much again, and ten times more. 

Christiana. 

Now we must to bed, for that we may be refreshed for the 
morrow's journey. 

Good-night, kind Gaius. 

Great Heart. 
Beloved, thou doeth faithfully what thou doeth to the brethren. 



THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS. 

[ View of New Jerusalem in the distance. Enter GREAT 
Heart and Pilgrims. 

Shepherd. 
Good sir, you have a goodly company here. 

Great Heart. 

'Tis Christiana and her train. May we have entertainment 
here, or must we further go ? 

Shepherd. 

This is a comfortable company, and you are welcome to us. 

The day is clear and the mountain high, and it is our custom 
to show Pilgrims the Gates of the Celestial City, if they have 
skill to look through our perspective glass. 

Christiana (taking the glass). 

Methinks I see something like the Gate, and also some of the 
glory of the place, — the towers, the walls of the New Jerusalem, 
coming down out of Heaven arrayed as a bride for her husband ! 



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Great Heart. 

It hath no need of the sun by day, nor the moon by night, for 
the Lamb is the light thereof. 

And God shall wipe away all tears from all eyes, and there 
shall enter into it nothing that defileth nor maketh afraid. 

[All kneel. 

Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh; 
behold his reward is with him. 

Enter Angel. To Christiana: 

Hail, good woman ! I bring thee tidings that the Master 
calleth for thee to stand in his presence in clothes of immortality. 
Behold the sure token, — an arrow with a point sharpened with 
love. Enter ye into the joy of your Lord. 

[Gives Christiana the arrow, who, with a look behind 
and a kiss of her hand, follows the angel out, saying: 

Christiana. 

I come, Lord, to be with thee and bless thee. 

[All weep. 

Great Heart. 

Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is her reward in 
Heaven. 

[Voices within, chanting. 

Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto Him that 
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 



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